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<p class="heading0">ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)</p>
<p class="heading1"><a href="Layer.htm">Layer</a>.<wbr>alignLayer</p>
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<p class="heading2a">Usage</p>
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public void alignLayer(Layer layer, int dataSet)
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<p class="heading2">Description</p>
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Aligns the layer with a data set of another bar chart layer in <a href="Chart.Side.htm">Side</a> layout.<br><br>
The <a href="Chart.Side.htm">Side</a> layout is a layout method specific to the bar chart layer. In this layout method, multiple bars belonging to the same x-position are laid out side by side. Thus the bars are not centered exactly on the x-position, but are shifted. The shift amount depends on the data set numbers of the bars.<br><br>
In some cases, it may be necessary to overlay another layer (eg. a line chart layer, or a box-whisker chart layer) on top of the bars. The alignLayer method ensures the data points are shifted by the same amount as a given data set on a given <a href="BarLayer.htm">BarLayer</a>.
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<td>layer</td><td>(Mandatory)</td><td>The <a href="BarLayer.htm">BarLayer</a> which contains the bars to synchronize with.</td></tr><tr><td>dataSet</td><td>(Mandatory)</td><td>The data set of the bars to synchronize with.</td>
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<p class="heading2">Return Value</p>
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None
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